The event series was called Focus because it highlights the interaction of cultural heritage with matter, identity and place as well as its interconnection with contemporary art and research by being the actual focus of the Fe26 project. Following metal and its course as a carrier of human culture leads us to a series of places and corresponding communities.
The activities that are part of the Focus series will be held from 10 to 12 October 2022 at the Museum of Cycladic Art with the participation of art historians, anthropologists, ethnologists, social anthropologists, collectives and organizations, representatives of many bodies and organizations such as the Academy of Athens, the Ministry of Culture, the Research and Technology Foundation, the Boulouki team, etc.
Participants: the descendant of Eduardo Chillida Mikel Chillida, the artist Theodoros Papagiannis, the head of the research and educational department of the Chillida Leku Museum, Nausica Sanchez, the Spanish-German philosopher Ana Maria Rabe, the Italian architect Renato Bocchi, the Basque anthropologist Aitzpea Leizaola, the art historian Manos Stefanidis as well as the researcher and director of the Greek Folklore Research Center Evangelos Karamanes.